good morning. it s sunday march 24. our main story: russia has begun a national day of mourning after at least 133 people were killed in an attack on a rock concert in moscow. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility but russia s security services have claimed the assailants had links to ukraine something which kyiv has fiercely denied. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the details. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what happened became clear. the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire but first, the gunman had opened fire. gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible in one constant stream of bullets. russia says the four gunman who did this have been arrested. and claims they planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it s islamic state that s claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance. translation: all the - perpetrators and organisers of this c
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start this hour on the moon! india is the first country in the world to land a spacecraft near the moon s south pole. it was a tense last six minutes. remember, this is an uncrewed mission, everything was controlled here in the control room, there was no one on board. just so you know, the prime minister of india was not there, he was being beamed in, and watch the moment. watched. we there, he was being beamed in, and watch the moment. watched. we are minutes away watch the moment. watched. we are minutes away from watch the moment. watched. we are minutes away from the watch the moment. watched. we are minutes away from the start watch the moment. watched. we are minutes away from the start of - minutes away from the start of our descent minutes away from the start of our descent. . ., , ., ., , ., descent. that was the
order and it means the establishment of integral free order and it means the establishment of integralfree space order and it means the establishment of integral free space for cultural exchange, art and creativity as we see it, it is high time for partners within brics as well as the community of independent states and other countries to have a serious conversation on the future of culture in the world and preserving and multiplying global cultural heritage. such dialogue could be held within the cultural forum which is scheduled to take place in the city of saint petersburg from november the 16th to 18th and certainly will continue to contribute to sport and youth exchange, namely injune 2024 we plan to have the brics games. we would be happy to welcome teams from the brics nations to the next year s international competition, the games of the future, they will take place in a russian city, it is a mix of dynamic sports and popular video games and technological devices. a g
today from the kremlin, but i can tell you what, on this national day of mourning, there is a long queue of people outside the crocus city hall here. people queueing up with flowers, roses and carnations, lining up at the makeshift shrine to the victims of this attack. people have been leaving messages too. one that i read was addressed to the attackers and it read, you are scum, we will never forgive you. and just from talking to people here, there is a deep sense of shock at what has happened, and a mixture, i d say, of grief and also anger. one woman was in tears when i spoke to her. she said that she felt a great sense of loss and had to come. one man said that he wanted president putin to remove the moratorium on the death penalty. he was very, very angry. as to who was behind this, people here are not sure, but, as you mentioned, russian officials have been hinting very strongly that, in some way, somehow, ukraine is connected to this attack. even though islamic state
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start this hour on the moon. india is the first country to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon. a moment of history for the moon. a moment of history for the country. it was a tense final six minutes as it descended onto the lunar surface. we ll show you the moment. first, we take you inside the control room, just before landing. remember, this was in an crewed spacecraft, no one on board, everything controlled from here in the control room. and just to explain what we are going to see, the president, narendra modi was not there, so he was beamed up on a screen to watch, and also on the screen to watch, and also on the screen was a graphic, a computer generated representation of the land as it descended. here s india s prime minister narendra modi. cheering and applause. people are applauding, let us wait to hear people are applau